Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-01

came within the decision in the case OF
Robins against The Taxing District OF
Memphis. IN which it was held that the
provision of the State Constitution which
gave the right to tax drummers was a
violation of the laws regulating the in
ter-State commerce bill. From this de-
ci3ion the State ut once appealed to the
United states Supreme Court. 1t is be-
licyed that the case will be argued there
during tie present term.
Commissioner oi-Agriculture ROBIN
son to-day officially reported that the
cotton crop of the State this season will
be about per cent. in excess of the last
crop. which was estimated at 400, 600
bales. I'm the section of the State east
of Goldsboro' the crop is smaller than
last season; west OF Goldsboro' it is
larger save in The small sections.
The State fiscal year ended to-day. Du-
ring il sixty-nine licenses were issued to
manufacturers Of commercial fertilizers,
for which the State received $3i, 800.
Last year eighty licenses were issued.
Sheriff -. 4. Berry, OF Burk county,
made tax settlement with the State,
paying in s. 500. He is the first sheriff
to make Il settlement this year.
In the Federal Court here to-day a
number OF parties were tried for Illicit
distilling and all were convicted. Peter
Hyman was tried for passing counterfeit
money and was acquitted. This was
only acquittal during this term of the
court. Jack Withcrspoon, a diminutive
nero, was tried for robbing the Fay
etteyile postoiiicc. The crime WAS com
mitted one night IN October and Jack
got q hundred and thirty dollars He
was captured next day mt Selma. His
age j. under sixteen years. He was con-
victed and viii be sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary. He is quite anadept in crime
considering his youth
The interual-reyenue collections in
this district for the month ending to-day
were $3.50
A report made to-day shows that North
Carolina has eighty ootton-iactories, the
largest of which is in Castor county.
Or. Lncian Rowe, who Is in Jail at
Wilmington under a death sentence for
burglary, is very anxionsly waiting the
Supreme Courts decision on his appeal
for a new trial. He has grown very fat,
and strange to say, his skin has become
many shades lighter than when he was
first imprisoned.
The store of Stephen Crick, in Rich
mond county, IS reported to have been
entered by burglars, who opened his
sale and took therefrOm 81, 1901 money.
The ffty-frst annual Conference Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church in
North Carolina convened at 10 O'Clock
this morning at the Hay-Street church,
Fayetteville. Bishop Joseph $. Key, pre-
siding, called the body to order The
church has been lately repaired. The
attendance is rs usual very large. both
Of delegates and visitors. The session
will continue a week. Much of the days
session was devoted to the making of re-
ports.
The commissioners OF Cleveland and
Rutherford counties will appear before
Judge Bond at Charlotte this month, on
proceedings 10 force them to levy tax
to meet the interest on the bonds issued
to the Massachusetts, ana Southern Rail
road Construction Company. This
brings up another conflict between ma
tlonal and State jurisdiction, for the SUI
perior courts have issued injuctions for
bidding a tax-levy. The matter will
probably go finally before the United
States Supreme Court.
Mrs. Susan +. Lincke and William A.
Potts are to be tried Friday next at
Washington, Beaufort county, for the
murder of Paul Linke. A special We
nirc of 200 men has been ordered from
whom the jury will be selected. The
case excites a remarkable degree of inte-
rest in all that section.
The election in Craven county on the
issue of $4,000 in bonds to the East
Carolina Land and Railway Company
will be held January 10Th. This is for
the building of a line TO Wilmington
from Newbeme. The plan of building
road from Newberne to Washington,
y. c., has been abandoned
The weather continues quite cold, and
Ice forms freely in the moorings. Farm
ing operations have fortunately not been
checked by the cold snap. In a fort
night more nearly all the work will be
finished.
4 supplemental report on sorghum
culture says that with care on good soil
$50 gallons OF the syrup can be pro-
duccd on each acre at a cost OF from
l2l to II cents. II is worth 80 to 80
cents The value OF the crop will be
readily seen. The farmers will, as the
Commissioner of Agriculture puts it, be
able III a year or two to "grow their
own sweetening"
An unusually large number OF north
ern sportsmen are now in the State en-
joying the fine shooting. All through
the Piedmont section they are gathering.
Northemers own thirty-fve miles of
beach in Curritucll county, and the club
there is valued away up in the
OF thousands OF dollars. The
club houses, &c, on one island Of three
acres are valued at $4,000. There is
much enmity between the natives and
most of the northern land-holders.
The former regard the shooting as public
property; the latter guard their pur-
chased rights very iealously.